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1. Advertising Prescription Drugs Benefits American Patients

     One difference between Canadian and American health care is that the US government allows research-based drug makers to advertise the benefits of their medicines to patients, but the Canadian government outlaws this freedom of speech. Unfortunately, the ...

2. Ban Online Pharmacies

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press The government of Manitoba has embarked on an ill-advised industrial policy that will not only put Canadians’ health at risk without improving employment or economic growth in the province, but also violates the ...

3. Prescription Benefit Tied to Medicare may Deny Payments for Pricier, More Effective Drugs

   Appeared in the Watertown (NY) Daily Times and the Norwalk (CT) Hour Worried about rising expenditures for prescription drugs, many states are employing preferred lists to encourage doctors to prescribe older, lower-priced drugs and forego the latest, ...

4. Fair Pharmacare is a Fair First Step

     The provincial government has finally decided to cut back on one small area of health spending, by significantly increasing user fees for Pharmacare. Although many British Columbians are under the misapprehension that the Liberal government cut back ...

5. Prescription Drug Prices in Canada and the United States, Part 3: Retail Price Distribution

   This study looks at retail prices of three patented prescription drugs in three American and three Canadian areas along the border between Canada and the United States. Although finding that Canadian prices are significantly lower than American prices, it ...

6. Prescription Drug Prices in Canada and the United States, Part 1: A Comparative Survey

   This study compares the prices of prescription drugs in Canada and the United States. The measure used is the replacement cost, at Canadian prices, of drugs consumed by the average American pharmacy or consumer. The sample was selected from the drugs ...

7. Prescription Drug Prices in Canada and the United States, Part 2:Why the Difference?

   This study compares the prices of prescription drugs in Canada and the United States. The measure used is the replacement cost, at Canadian prices, of drugs consumed by the average American pharmacy or consumer. The sample was selected from the drugs ...